"Because the red clothes are worthless, but the iron clothes do." An Guogong replied, "I have it too."

"You?" Old Madam Mu was a little surprised, and then couldn't help but laugh: "You won't help him participate in the battle for the crown prince, what value can you have to him."

"If I'm not mistaken," An Guogong replied, "The emperor is afraid that he intends to let the two princes leave the palace in the near future." It may be time to seal. Everyone knows that the fifth prince and the sixth prince are the two most proud sons of the emperor, and the future prince and the future emperor are one of these two. Although these two princes were not born to one mother, and the emperor loved the biological mother of the six princes, Queen Wei, but for these two princes, the emperor really treated them equally, and he was not biased. ”

"The current emperor is considered a Ming monarch," An Guogong pondered for a moment before continuing: "In the matter of choosing the crown prince, he will be very cautious, and he will never act according to his own preferences." Therefore, although the biological mother of the six princes is favored by the emperor, this is not an advantage in the battle for the throne. Who is the crown prince is a state matter, and in this matter, Empress Wei has absolutely no right to speak, and even the emperor himself cannot make his own decisions. ”

"Heh......" Duchess An Guo suddenly chuckled: "In this way, the six princes born to Empress Wei not only have no advantages, but even disadvantages, in the battle for the throne. Empress Wei's mother's family is not obvious, and there are few decent children in the Wei clan at all. ”

"Yes!" An Guogong nodded: "Empress Wei's father was once the head of the household department, the second rank of the real power faction, he was not yet forty years old when he received the post of Shangshu, and he seems to have a very good future, so Empress Wei will be elected to the palace." It's a pity that Empress Wei entered the palace only one year ago, and Wei Shangshu died of illness. Since then, the Wei family has been in a slump, and several of the brothers of Queen Wei have not been very promising, and now they are only hanging on the white-collar money and food. ”

"So the queen is so anxious to find a good family for the six princes," Mrs. Mu nodded: "It's hard for her, in order to give her son Zhang Luo a strong wife, she has worked so hard to find a family."

"Miss Xie Si is really good." Duchess An Guo replied: "The character and appearance are good, and the family background is also first-class."

"Character and appearance are secondary." An Guogong smiled: "The main thing is that her grandfather is the right minister, her father Xie Changjing is young and promising, capable and has an excellent future, her sibling brother seems to have taken the Tongsheng exam at the age of ten, although he has not yet taken the government exam, but I heard that Xie Xiang intends to let his grandson take three yuan in a row, so he has been pressing his grandson and not letting him take the exam casually." From this point of view, the Xie family has produced three generations of talents in a row, and there is no shortage of people to set up a household. This is Miss Xie Si's real advantage. ”

"The Xie family is also the foreign family of the fifth prince." Old Madam Mu added lightly: "I look at the queen and am also busy in vain."

"I don't see it that way." An Guogong shook his head: "What if Miss Xie Si herself is willing to marry the sixth prince?" Could it be that the Xie family can still press their granddaughter not to marry? As long as the six princes and Miss Xie Si are in love, and Miss Xie nods her head and is willing, the six princes can justifiably ask for marriage, and the Xie family can't stop it even if they want to. After all, the sixth prince has outstanding appearance, if he is willing to spend his time trying to please someone, I can't resist the teenage girl in the back house. It's just that this matter also depends on whether Xie Xiangken is willing to give him a chance......"

"What do you mean," Old Madam Mu glanced at her son, "Is it possible that Xie Xiang will be happy to see the affairs of the Sixth Prince and Miss Xie Si come to fruition?"

"It's not impossible." An Guogong replied: "At that time, Xie Xiangfu is the foreign family of the fifth prince and the wife of the sixth prince, if there is really a dispute for the throne, he can also have one more choice." Or he can choose not to help each other, and has something to do with both sides, and he chooses to stay out of the matter, which should be tolerated by both princes. ”

"None of these things have anything to do with us." Old Madam Mu frowned impatiently: "As long as the fifth prince doesn't always come to provoke my granddaughter, everything is easy to say."

"How can it be irrelevant." An Guogong replied: "It really has a lot to do with it. As I just said, perhaps the emperor intends to let the two princes out of the palace in the near future. After leaving the palace and opening the mansion and adding titles, these two will definitely listen to the government in the name of the court. The emperor should start letting them gradually take over some court affairs. In the past, the harem was all petty fights, and the battle for the storage position really started after the princes began to run errands! Whose ability is stronger and who is more in line with the emperor's wishes depends on the ability of the two princes. ”

"You mean......" Old Madam Mu frowned slightly: "The fifth prince intends to start with the military department?"

"That's what I thought." An Guogong nodded: "The emperor is in full bloom, and his health is very good, so he is not in a hurry to establish a prince." Besides, I guess the emperor meant that he intended to ask the five princes and the six princes to experience a few more years. Therefore, their princely errand career will last for many years, ten or twenty years, and it is impossible to say. The fifth prince is smart, he knows that he needs a solid foothold in the court, if he takes a fancy to the military department early, the military affairs will not be stable without the support of my General Mu. ”

"I see," Old Madam Mu nodded: "It seems that he specially arranged for his own people to protect Hongshang when Hongshang entered the palace, and he was so careful with Hongsheng, and he really did it for you." It's careful, but it's a pity that he doesn't want to think about it, Hongshang is not an official of the military department, after all, he is just a minor little girl, what is the use of him bothering to please like this? Could it be that you can still support your daughter because he is good to him? ”

"So he didn't bother very much." An Guogong shook his head with a smile: "It's just a matter of following the trend a few times." When he has the opportunity, he will take care of it and show favor to our Anguo Mansion, and he doesn't deliberately look for a chance to make friends with our Mu family's children on weekdays, because it is really unnecessary. Moreover, for the time being, the fifth prince should not expect much from me, and when he is just asked to run an errand in the military department, I just don't embarrass him. You know, at the moment, for the sake of conscription in the north and the matter of repairing the city defense, the officials of the various ministries in Beijing have a headache when they see me, if the five princes want to join the military department at this time, it will be on the cusp. ”

"Isn't that uncomfortable for yourself!" Old Madam Mu frowned: "Knowing that the errand of the military department is troublesome, I still rushed to it."

"One," An Guogong replied, "because the military department is now in the hands of Li Xiang." Li Xiang is Wen Chengping's mentor, Li Xiang and Wen Chengping's position is not chosen, and they must support the six princes in the battle for the throne. The fifth prince wanted to gnaw off a piece of meat under Li Xiang in advance. ”